Melkite Church to mark 300 years of union with Rome with Jubilee Year

By Vatican news staff writer In 2024 the Melkite Greek Catholic Church is set to celebrate a special Jubilee Year to mark the 300th anniversary of the restoration of the full Communion with the Church of Rome, in 1724.    The year-long celebration was announced on July 11 by Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi during a press conference at the Patriarchate of Antioch’s headquarters in Raboué, Lebanon, according to Fides Agency. “The Synod of our Church did not want this anniversary ...